# 2022–23 FC Blau-Weiß Linz season

The 2022–23 season was the 26th in the history of FC Blau-Weiß Linz and their 7th consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in the Austrian Football Second League and the Austrian Cup.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 31 August 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUT | Nicolas Schmid |
| 2 | DF | AUT | Fabio Strauss |
| 3 | DF | AUT | Christoph Schösswendter |
| 4 | MF | AUT | Marco Krainz |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Danilo Mitrović |
| 6 | MF | AUT | Tobias Koch |
| 7 | FW | ALB | Anteo Fetahu |
| 8 | DF | AUT | Simon Pirkl |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Ronivaldo |
| 10 | FW | GHA | Paul Mensah |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Fally Mayulu |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Michael Brandner |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | AUT | Julian Gölles |
| 15 | DF | AUT | Manuel Maranda |
| 17 | DF | AUT | Lukas Rath |
| 18 | MF | AUT | Matthias Seidl |
| 19 | FW | AUT | Fabian Neumayr |
| 20 | MF | AUT | Simon Seidl |
| 21 | GK | AUT | Felix Gschossmann |
| 22 | DF | AUT | Fabian Windhager |
| 23 | MF | AUT | Alexander Briedl |
| 26 | MF | AUT | Lukas Tursch |
| 31 | GK | AUT | Kevin Radulovic |
| 41 | GK | AUT | Armin Sarcevic |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Alexander Briedl | SV Horn | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Lukas Tursch | St. Pölten | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Ronivaldo | Wacker Innsbruck | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Marco Krainz | Floridsdorfer AC | Free | 31 August 2022 |
| MF | Jahn Herrmann | Bayern Munich II | Undisclosed | 6 February 2023 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Austrian Football Second League | 22 July 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 063.33 |
| Austrian Cup | 16 July 2022 | 19 October 2022 | First round | Third round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 77 | 31 | +46 | 063.64 |
Source: Soccerway

### Austrian Football Second League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Blau-Weiß Linz (C, P) | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 61 | Promotion to 2023–24 Austrian Football Bundesliga |
| 2 | Grazer AK | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 60 | |
| 3 | SKN St. Pölten | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 56 | |
| 4 | SV Horn | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 48 | |
| 5 | SKU Amstetten | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 45 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: ADMIRAL 2. Liga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 24 June 2022.